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Title: mala and game info
Post by: SonicSlammaster on July 03, 2007, 06:59:31 pm

Ok ive a bit of a dumbass problem here...
When starting a rom in mala the mame game info box appears just after the decoding. I have checked the box in mame to skip game info and it does just that... but only when i boot the rom from mame when i boot it from mala i get the game info box up again. Is there an option in mala im missing here?

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: loadman on July 03, 2007, 07:07:24 pm

How do you boot from mame?  Do you mean the evil mame32? 

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: SonicSlammaster on July 03, 2007, 07:11:39 pm

haha yeah mame 32 wit the gui im a retard when it comes to commandline stuff so i figured it would make my life easier

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: Green Giant on July 03, 2007, 07:23:15 pm

As long as you are using mala, you will not touch commandline.  That is the beauty of mala, it turns mame into a gui controlled emulator.  Using mame32 will probably make it harder on you than regular mame.  Just look for the mala install document, I think it is on the wiki, and follow it step by step.

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: SonicSlammaster on July 03, 2007, 10:24:33 pm

I think i see my error now...i have been using multiple mames in mala for eg a seperate mame for capcom,snk,taito etc... i am a serial dumbass and i realize now there are better ways of seperating gameslists/layouts but this method seems to work for me fairly well, it would seem that because im using this method i cannot accsess changes in the mame ini files because theres no option for ini on the other emulator config menu  :banghead: i keep confusing myself  :banghead:

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: SGT on July 03, 2007, 11:07:57 pm

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i cannot accsess changes in the mame ini files because theres no option for ini on the other emulator config menu 

If you ever get around to understanding the mame.ini, you may be interested in the ini sub-folder under the mame folder.  Individual games can have their own ini files in this sub-folder that take precedence over the mame.ini.  They have the same format as mame.ini, but they have the same name as the rom.  Comes in real handy when you want to restore save states on game start for those that have a long and unsightly boot process.  Also allows you to tweak settings for those games that are too slow (Cruis'n USA, for example).

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: SonicSlammaster on July 04, 2007, 10:09:31 am

Thanks man that works! just edited the seperate ini for the games and bam magic haha cheers mate  :D

Title: Re: mala and game info
Post by: loadman on July 04, 2007, 07:22:04 pm

Quote from: ENDOSKELETON on July 04, 2007, 10:09:31 am

Thanks man that works! just edited the seperate ini for the games and bam magic haha cheers mate  :D

More info if required....
http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mameguide/mameconfig.htm (http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mameguide/mameconfig.htm)